Device for salting meat



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0. L. STERLING.

DEVICE FOR SALTING MEATS.-

No. 341,367. Patented May 4, 1886.

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CLARENCE L. STERLING, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

DEVICE FOR SALTING MEAT.

EJPECIPIICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 341,357, dated May 4, 1886.

Application filed November 16, 1885. Serial No. 182,979. (ModeL) T aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE L. STERLING, of Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Devices for Injecting Preserving Materials into Meats and the Like; and I meat; and the invention consists in the peculiar construction, arrangement, and combination of the various parts, all as more fully hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this specification, my improved device is shown in central vertical section, in which- A represents atube, in which the plunger B has free action, said plunger being provided with a stud or arm, 'C, which projects through an elongated slot, D, in the tube. To one end of the tube is removably secured a handle, E, the same being recessed to receive a coilspring, F, coiled around the spindle G, one end of the spring resting in the bottom of the recess, While the outer end finds resistance against the collar a on the spindle, and tends to keep such spindle in a projected position, entering the open end of the tube A, and coming in contact with the inner end of the plunger B. The outer end of the tube A is beveled 01?, as shown, forming a cutting edge or point, as at b.

In practice, the plunger is retracted within the tube, and the tube is then filled or partially filled with powdered saltpeter or other suitable preserving material, the operator retaining the plunger in its retracted position by means of the stud or arm C. The point of the tube is now pushed into the meat alongside the bone the desired distance,the stud released, thus projecting the saltpeter into the meat at points where it is the most liable to become tainted, particularly in smoked and corned meats.

I am aware that vaccinating-instruments have been provided with spring-actuated plungers and beveled cutting-points, and do not claim such, broadly.

It will be noticed that my tube A is screwthreaded, as at d, at the point where it engages the cap or ferrule E, and that the end thereof within the handle bears against the collar a of the spindle G. This forms a ready means of adjusting the tension of the spring F.

What I claim as my invention is 1. The combination of the hollow tube A, recessed handle E, plunger B, within said tube, the spindle G, within the recess in the handle, and the spring F, also within said recess and bearing at one end against said spindle, as set forth.

2. The combination of the tube A, having thread 01, recessed handle E, cap E, threaded to receive said tube,.spindle G, having collar a, bearing against the lower end of the said tube, plunger B, and spring F, all constructed, arranged, and operating substantially as and for the purposes specified.

CLARENCE L. STERLING. 

